Gustav Jantsch
Gustav Jantsch (born July 9, 1882 in Reichenberg , † May 1, 1954 in Vienna ) was an Austrian chemist . He was rector of the Graz University of Technology from 1933 to 1935.
Life
Jantsch was the son of the dye factory owner Gustav Adolf Jantsch and Marie Karoline (née Posselt). In 1909 he married Hedwig Prade, daughter of Heinrich Prade . His son was Hans Heinrich Jantsch .
After attending school and graduating from high school in Reichenberg, he first studied chemistry at Georgia Augusta Göttingen under teachers such as Otto Wallach , Wilhelm Biltz , Gustav Tammann , Walter Nernst , Johannes Stark and then at ETH Zurich under his later habilitation father Alfred Werner, his closest colleague has been. He received his doctorate summa cum laude in Zurich in 1907 . In 1907 he received an assistant position to Sir William Ramsay at University College London through the intercession of Georg Werner and then to Georges Urbain at the Sorbonne Paris . In autumn 1908 Jantsch was ordered back to Zurich and took over the management of the analytical department at the Chemical Institute from Georg Werner. In 1911 he was for inorganic chemistry at the University of Zurich habilitation .
In 1914 he did military service in the First World War as an artilleryman at the front and in 1916 he was appointed captain of the reserve to manage the technical and chemical supply of the balloon department in Wiener Neustadt .
In 1919 he again received his habilitation at the University of Karlsruhe . From 1921 to 1924 Jantsch Director and Chairman was the inorganic laboratories IGFarbenindustrie AG plant Leverkusen .
From 1924 to 1927 he was appointed professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Bonn . In 1927 he was appointed primo et unico loco to the o.ö. Professor at the Graz University of Technology . From 1930 to 1932 he was dean of the Graz University of Technology ( Rector and 1933–1935 Rector of the Graz-Leoben University of Technology and Mining).
After the Anschluss in 1938 , Jantsch was imprisoned, later forced into retirement and reinstated in his post in September 1945. From 1945 to 1952 he was again dean of the faculty for natural sciences and supplementary subjects at the Technical University in Graz. His special scientific merit was the systematic recording of many chemical and physical properties of the lanthanoids (rare earths) and their compounds.
Fonts (selection)
- Studies on coordination links . Stiepel brothers printing works, Reichenberg 1907 (also dissertation University of Zurich)
- Handbook of analytical chemistry, Volume 4: Va / b, 4th subgroup, 5th subgroup, 4th main group . Springer Verlag, Berlin 1956, ISBN 978-3-662-27295-4 .
- About the double nitrate of rare earths .
- Numerous scientific papers on rare earths and their compounds
literature
- Rectors and deans since 1945/46 .
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . Walter de Gruyter & Co, Berlin 1931.
- Who is who. Lexicon of Austrian contemporaries . Self-published the biographical lexicon, Vienna 1937.
- Austrians of the present. Lexicon of creative and creative contemporaries. Printed and published by the Austrian State Printing House, Vienna 1951.
- Who is who in Austria . Publishing house "Wer ist Wer in Österreich", Vienna 1953.
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . Walter de Gruyter & Co, Berlin 1954.
- Hans-Peter Weigand (arrangement): The Graz University of Technology in the Third Reich . 2nd edition ÖHS, Graz 1995.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dossier: Jantsch, Gustav, 1882–1954, chemistry. UZH archive . Signature: AB.1.0483. link
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jantsch, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reichenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1954 |
| Place of death | Vienna |